Bad banks choking good banks: Simulating balance sheet contagion

Saed Khalil, Stephen Kinsella

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Abstract

We investigate the propagation of contagion through banks’ balance sheets in a two-country model. We simulate an increase in non-performing loans in one bank, and study the effects on other banks and the macro-economy of each country. We show that credit crunches destabilize each economy in the short run and in the long run reduce potential output. We quantify this loss.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-72
Number of pages22
JournalEuropean Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2015

Keywords

  • Contagion
  • Credit crunch
  • Stock-flow consistent models

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